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Palestinian candidate for the 09 January 2005 elections, PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas talks to supporters during a visit in the West Bank city of Jericho during his election campaign. Tuesday, 28 December 2004. Palestinian presidential favourite Mahmud Abbas leant heavily on the legacy of Yasser Arafat in a mass rally in Jericho as he hit the road for the first time since the start of campaigning. More than a thousand supporters filed into Jericho's football stadium for a late afternoon rally. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Atef Safadi)